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What underlies waves of agitation in starling flocks

Fast transfer of information in groups can have survival value. An example is the so-called wave of agitation observed in groups of animals of several taxa under attack. It has been shown to reduce predator success. It usually involves the repetition of a manoeuvre throughout the group, transmitting...

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Autores principales: Hemelrijk, Charlotte K., van Zuidam, Lars, Hildenbrandt, Hanno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26380537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1891-3